A party headed by a pro-Kremlin figure came out top after securing more votes than expected in an election in Slovakia, preliminary results show, in what could pose a challenge to NATO and EU unity on Ukraine.
According to preliminary results released by Slovakia’s Statistical Office at 9 a.m. local time, Robert Fico’s populist SMER party won 22.9% of the vote.
Progressive Slovakia (PS), a liberal and pro-Ukrainian party won 17.9%.
Fico, a two-time former prime minister, now has a chance to regain the job but must first seek coalition partners as his party did not secure a big enough share of the vote to govern on its own.
Russian bots do a lot of damage. I see it in my own country Slovenia. All the biggest public forums are overrun by extreme pro Russian sentiment. Any reasonable debate is out of the question. It creates a bubble for radicalising people, especially young people that need a reason to rebel against the government, the west and EU.
I wonder who the most famous Slovenian is. I suspect it’s a tie between Melania Trump and Tito.
Number one would be Luka Dončič. Second probably Slavoj Žižek. Tito was not Slovenian. Melanija unfortunately is.
Never heard pf Dončič, but I know Tadej Pogacar and Primoz Roglič.
Heard of the last race? Rogla #1 Pogi #2.
I don’t most people outside Slovenia have heard of Žižek. Dončič basketball fans, but otherwise no.
So it’s probably Melania. Which I find kinda funny. Kinda like how Salt Bae is probably one of the most famous Turks on social media.
Shit floats. LOL.
Maybe if you are thinking about Americans. Internationally people don’t care about Melania more than they do about Dončić.
I don’t think Melania ranks top 5.